Term: March-May 2021
Adrian Altman (1993) from Czech Republic has experience of a diverse opinion capital. He asks questions about the meaning of artistic work in the current cultural and especially political situation. During his studies, he went through a range of internships across different schools and studios. Currently, he is in his final year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio of Josef Bolf, Jakub Hošek and Nik Timková. He usually works with deliberate references self-critically and provocatively aiming to his own artsy backyard. Altman’s art production may seem very diverse in a formal way, he freely handles various media which are always determined by the original idea or as an adaptation to his current environment. The most common outcome of his work are installations made of various objects, videos, paintings or performances in a complex scheme. The specificity of his practice is based on parasitizing or kind of crypto-cooperation with or against the establishment.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Kind of Like Spitting, Garage Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2020 Wasting Around: Traditions in Verses, Bistro 21, Leipzig, Germany
2019 En Plein Air Feast, Yoyogi Party Space, Tokio, Japan
2019 Floor Is Lava, City Surfer Office, Prague, Czech Republic
2019 EXIT Award, Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
2019 Treat Me Like Trash, Cause That’s All I Am, Galerie SPZ, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Gotta Go Fast?, PAF, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2018 Come Dine With Adrian Altman! , FTV Prima, Worldwide
2018 Basic Instinct Special Feat., Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 Gangsta Rap Made Me Do This, Menu Gallery, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
